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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No vl-E ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 16, 1993 SUBJECT: Saddle Club Road Solid Waste Site Lease DEPARTMENT Public Works/Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT Area Map Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 Site Survey Pam Jones, ext 2650 TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 PURPOSE: To authorize a long-term lease for a solid waste convenience center site on Saddle Club Road in Cheeks Township. BACKGROUND: On October 1, 1993, the County undertook a transition between the old system of unattended greenbox sites and a new system of staffed, consolidated solid waste convenience centers. Six of the previous nineteen greenbox sites were retained as interim staffed sites, which do not provide all the services that will be provided at the solid waste convenience centers, once they are established. One of the six sites is located on High Rock Road, just south of the Cheeks- Cedar Grove Township line. The County leases this site of just under 2 acres from Mr. Carl Walters for $100 per month. For several months, the County staff has been exploring the possibility of entering into a long-term lease for the High Rock Road site under which the County would develop it as the first complete solid waste convenience center. During discussions with Mr. Walters, he indicated that he would also be willing to lease another site on Saddle Club Road to the County for this purpose. This would be an 8 acre site, within one mile of the existing High Rock Road site, also just south of the Cheeks-Cedar Grove line. The site would be larger than the standard planning figure of 2 acres in order to comply with watershed restrictions on impervious surface, assuming that the high density option for the Back Creek Watershed is approved as recommended. Mr. Walters has indicated his willingness to lease the site for a period of 25 years, for $200 per month, with an escalation clause (related in some way to the consumer price index) built in. The County would be responsible for all costs of developing and operating the site Advantages to this site include that there are no residents in the immediate vicinity who might be disturbed by activity at the site; the land is flat and treeless, and comparatively easy to develop; and the County could keep the interim High Rock Road site open while it constructs a permanent site on Saddle Club Road.